Remove the farms from Wild Salmon Narrows

Synopsis

Five open net-cage salmon farms operate in Okisollo and Hoskyn Channels along the east and north of Quadra Island. Four more are not presently operating. Fish and marine protection groups are compaigning to have all these farms shut down as a necessary emergency measure to protect wild salmon, including Fraser River Sockeye, from sea lice infection from fish farms.

Category Marine

Type Salmon Farm

Prov BC

Region South Coast

Posted 19Apr10

Updated 01Feb12

Status Active

Contacts

PROVINCIAL
REGIONAL

Alexandra Morton, www.alexandramorton.typepad.com.
- "Get Out Migration", www.salmonaresacred.org. online contact form (walk with Alexandra Morton from Sointula on April 23 to Victoria on May 8)

Raincoast Research Society, www.raincoastresearch.org, Alexandra Morton, info(at)raincoastresearch.org

Georgia Strait Alliance, www.georgiastrait.org, 250-753-3459 (Nanaimo), 604-633-0530 (Vancouver)
- Ruby Berry, Salmon Aquaculture Campaign Coordinator, ruby(at)georgiastrait.org
- Michelle Young, Salmon Aquaculture Campaigner, michelle(at)georgiastrait.org

Living Oceans Society, www.livingoceans.org, 250-973-6580 (Sointula), 604-696-5044 (Vancouver)
- Catherine Stewart, Salmon Farming Campaign Manager, cstewart(at)livingoceans.org, 604-916-6722
- Will Soltau, Salmon Farm Campaign Local Coordinator,  wsoltau(at)livingoceans.org, 250-230-1185

PROPONENT

Marine Harvest Canada, www.marineharvestcanada.com, Campbell River, BC, 250-850-3276, Ian Roberts, communication(at)marineharvestcanada.com
- subsidiary of Norwegian-based Marine Harvest, www.marineharvest.com

Mainstream Canada, Campbell River, BC, 250-286-0022
- subsidiary of Norwegian-based Cermaq, 43% state-owned, www.cermaq.com, Gier Isaksen, CEO

(Canadian subsidiary of Norwegian state-owned Cermaq)

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